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Setting Sail to Break the Siege of Gaza
Setting Sail to Break the Siege of Gaza from Free Gaza, 6 May 2007 This summer – forty years after the Israeli seizure and occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip – international, Palestinian and Israeli civilians will sail to Gaza to challenge Israeli control and isolation of the 1.4 million Palestinians who live there. The project is intended to awaken the conscience of the nations of the world, who have turned their backs on…
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Military inspector to residents in Al Hadidiya: “The bulldozers are coming!”
Military inspector to residents in Al Hadidiya: “The bulldozers are coming!” by the ISM Media Crew, 6 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photo: IWPS This afternoon, Sunday May 6, Palestinians in Al Hadidiya received three threats. First, an officer from the nearby settlement of Ro’i entered the village. According to Fathy, a resident of the area, the settler threatened the Palestinians and said they must leave. Shortly after this, the army arrived. “Why have you not…
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Resisting Israel’s Apartheid Road System
Defiant Palestinians Resist Apartheid Road System by Ewan 3 May 2007 Dharariya– Last night, around 75 Palestinians, supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists, arrived at the roadblock on the junction connecting the main road from Dhahiriya to Route 60. Within minutes a coach-load of men, women and children from the village arrived. The group began to move the roadblock using a large rope. After the chants of “waahid, ‘tneen, teletaa”, the group hauled the first…
